The Ammonites
Subtitle: elites, empires, and sociopolitical change (1000-500 BCE)
By: Craig W. Tyson
Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies -- 585; T & T Clark library of biblical studies; Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies -- 585.; T & T Clark library of biblical studies
Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780567428554; 9780567655448; 9780567665294
Subjects: Ammonites (Semitic people); Antiquities
Description: This book investigates the archaeological, epigraphic, and biblical evidence for the course of Ammon's history, setting it squarely within the context of ancient Near Eastern imperialism. Drawing on cross-cultural parallels from the archaeology of empires, Tyson elucidates the dynamic processes by which the local Ammonite elite made the cousins of biblical Israel visible to history. Tyson explains changes in the region of Ammon during the Iron Age II, namely the increasing numbers of locally produced elite items as well as imports, growth in the use of writing for administrative and display purposes, and larger numbers of sedentary settlements; in the light of the transformative role that the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian empires played in the ancient Near East. The study also widens the conversation to consider cross-cultural examples of how empires affect peripheral societies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The archaeology of the Amman plateau; title: Epigraphic sources for Ammonite history; title: Biblical and postbiblical sources for Ammonite history; title: Neo-Assyrian and neo-Babylonian imperialism; title: The economy of the Ammon plateau; title: Societal change in the Iron Age; title: Conclusion.